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Hydro signs letter of intent with University of Oslo on rain forest research

Hydro and the University of Oslo plan to create a research program connected to Hydro's mining operations in Brazil. The aim is to generate knowledge ...

September 28, 2012

Amnesty: ‘Responsibility doesn’t stop at the factory door’

Amnesty International Norway representatives and Hydro's President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg led a human rights workshop for Hydro employees in ...

September 28, 2012

Hydro signs long-term contract with Alloc

Hydro's Profiler unit has signed a long-term agreement with Alloc, one of the leading manufacturers of laminate flooring in Europe. The five-year deal ...

September 25, 2012

Hydro agrees to sell Taiwan remelter

Hydro has entered into a binding agreement to sell its aluminium remelt plant in Taiwan to Ting Sin Metal Co. Ltd. The transaction is expected to clos ...

September 24, 2012

Pedro José Rodrigues new board member in Hydro

The Corporate Assembly in Norsk Hydro ASA today approved Pedro José Rodrigues as a new member of the company's Board of Directors.

September 21, 2012

Hydro again on Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Hydro has again been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

September 13, 2012

Hydro changes raw material sourcing for German rolling mills

Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA has decided to increase in-house primary metal sourcing, replacing less cost-efficient remelting of cold m ...

September 4, 2012

Ornago employees lend hand to quake victims

Three months ago, an earthquake shook the lives of thousands in the Italian region of Emilia. Hydro employees at the extrusion plant in Ornago – some ...

August 29, 2012

Exemption from ICMS tax on fuel oil in Alunorte

The State of Pará in Brazil has decided that, effective from September 10, 2012, ICMS tax will again be collected from the fuel oil distributors, exem ...

August 28, 2012

Rewarding summer internship in Hydro

Hydro’s summer internship has been a very rewarding experience, say Kristin Langeland Ervik, Endre Kure and Kai Espramer, who participated in the prog ...

August 16, 2012